NPSAS charts record attendance

AUTHOR(S)

TONNESON, LON

PUB. DATE

March 2013

SOURCE

Dakota Farmer;Mar2013, Vol. 132 Issue 3, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Proceeding

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the highlights of the winter 2012-2013 meeting of the Northern Plains Sustainable Ag Society (NPSAS) held in Aberdeen, South Dakota, including agronomist Steve Zwinger's presentation on the ancient grains emmer and einkorn, farmer Don Jarrett's talk about cross-pollination problems with genetically modified corn, and NPSAS president Charles Johnson's discussion of the demand for organic grain.

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